A $23 million contract has been awarded for safety upgrades to the Great Eastern Highway in WA’s Wheatbelt region.
These works are part the $250 million in upgrades to the Great Eastern Highway, being funded by the Australian and Western Australian governments, to deliver improvements to various sections of the highway through the Wheatbelt and Goldfields-Esperance regions.
Fulton Hogan received the contract to deliver three sections of road reconstructions, widenings and sealings including:
4.4km between Carrabin and Bodallin
4.6km between Nulla Nulla South Road and approximately 700m west of Liddell Road (west of Moorine Rock)
2.4km between Liddell Road and Granich Road (west of Moorine Rock)
The project also includes upgrades to the intersections of Great Eastern Highway with Smyth Road, Nulla Nulla North Road, Bin Road and Granich Road and the installation of new safety barriers, kerbs, signs and audible edge and wide centre line road markings.
The upgrades follow the completion of major works on the highway including:
Widening and sealing between Stephen Road and Noongar South Road
Realignment through the Bodallin townsite
Intersection upgrades at Penton Road, Ivey Road, Blyth Road, Bodallin South Road and Bodallin North Road
Construction of an eastbound passing lane between Bodallin and Moorine Rock
Construction of a westbound rest area between Bodallin and Moorine Rock
Senator for Western Australia Glenn Sterle said, “The Great Eastern Highway upgrades continue to deliver the improvements that will keep locals, tourists and truckies safe on our roads.
“This $23 million is part of a much larger investment across numerous programs that prove to Australian drivers that we’re invested in their safety.”
The works funded under the $23 million contract are expected to be completed in late 2025 with the staged upgrade program continuing along the highway until 2028.
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